Google Places Auto-Complete

Question

The input box is initialized properly but it is not generating any suggestions. Can any one point out what I am doing wrong? Here is the code.

Update

I have investigated the issue. The problem is in the line:

types: ['(cities)', '(regions)']

when I specify only one type types: ['(cities)'] no matter region or cities it works. But two types are not working together. Although the documentation clearly says that types are Array of strings and valid values are 'establishment', 'geocode', '(regions)' and '(cities)'

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 06 '12 at 03:28

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As mentioned in the documentation:

"types, which can either specify one of two explicit types or one of two type collections."

This means that the types array only supports one parameter.

If you think it would be a useful feature to support more than one parameter or a mixture of explicit types and collections, please file a Places API - Feature Request.

answered Nov 06 '12 at 03:28

Chris Green

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But it was working few days earlier and then suddenly stopped working, what's the reason for that? – Aamir Rind Nov 06 '12 at 03:39
We were not enforcing this restriction until recently, but to allow for new features we had to start enforcing. – Chris Green Nov 07 '12 at 23:57
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Here's a use: either searching by zip code AND searching by address. – Mike Kormendy Aug 09 '18 at 22:54

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 29 '19 at 19:41

As Chris mentioned, there is currently no way to get results for multiple place types. However, you can call the API twice with different place types and populate a map (or whatever you're building) with both types. For example:

var request1 = {
  location: event.latLng,
  radius: 8047,
  types: ['cafe'],
};
var request2 = {
  location: event.latLng,
  radius: 8047,
  types: ['library'],
};

geocodezip · Answer 3 · 2012-11-05T15:07:59.190

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There are no results of type (cities)' or '(regions)'. If I change the types array to ['establishment'], I get results.

Working example

If you use only one type, it works:

Example

edited Nov 05 '12 at 15:07

answered Nov 05 '12 at 14:08

geocodezip

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Bounds are just an initial boundary to start looking for, this does not restrict the results to just those bounds unless you explicitly define. – Aamir Rind Nov 05 '12 at 14:11
the issue is if you define two groups in types, the auto-complete never generate suggestions. – Aamir Rind Nov 05 '12 at 14:25
two groups were working few days ago. I think the library is updated and there is a bug. – Aamir Rind Nov 05 '12 at 14:32
I just found the same thing. Probably should report the problem in the [issue tracker](http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/) – geocodezip Nov 05 '12 at 15:08
I did, please star there http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=4538 – Aamir Rind Nov 05 '12 at 15:31

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